UN Somali Monitoring Group: The Real Reason Why Al Shabaab Is Winning........

[Knet]

According to the Gaalo latest report on Somalia, the dam terrorists are smarter than the Federal and State Governments on every level of Governance.

https://www.hiiraan.com/pdf_files/2018/SEMG/SEMG Somalia report 2018.pdf


1. They have accountable competent organization.
2. No mooryaans stealing money anywhere in the organization.
3. They have check and balances.
4. Ability to infiltrate any department in the Federal Government.
5. Most advanced Intelligence organization in Africa.
6. Sophisticated non-corrupt Financial Institution.
7. Ability to manufacture explosive devices
8. Ability to construct their own electric Detonator.
9. Citizens purposely driving through Al Shabaab territory to avoid corrupt double charging Government check points.
10. Fearless fighters un-match by any other force on the ground.

The Center has also confirmed that Al-Shabaab has constructed its own improvised electric detonators, reducing the need to import them from abroad, as they have done in the past.

Domestic Financing

Al-Shabaab derives its revenue from a variety of domestic sources, primarily taxation on transiting vehicles and goods, business and agricultural taxation, and forced zakat (alms) levies. Al-Shabaab’s financial system is systematic and centralized, with revenue directed from regional departments to the financial hub in Qunyo Barrow, in Jilib district, Middle Juba region. The funds are then at the disposal of the head of the Al-Shabaab Department of Finance (Maktabka Maaliyada), Hassan Afgooye, and its governing council (Shura) to distribute to specific Al-Shabaab departments.

Despite having steadily ceded territory since 2011, Al-Shabaab still functions as a shadow government in areas that it no longer physically controls, collecting taxes and providing services such as Islamic courts.

The Monitoring Group’s investigations indicate that Al-Shabaab remains in a strong financial position despite ramped-up aerial strikes targeting the group. Indeed, Al-Shabaab is likely generating a significant budgetary surplus; money is not a limiting factor in its ability to wage its insurgency.

Al-Shabaab’s taxation system

Across southern and central Somalia, Al-Shabaab delineates its taxation system into four distinct revenue streams: taxation of farms and agricultural produce (dalag), registration and taxation of transiting vehicles (gadiid), taxation of goods being transported (badeeco) and taxation of livestock sales (xoolo). Checkpoints are managed by district finance officers, who direct revenue to Al-Shabaab’s regional finance offices, and in turn the national finance office in Qunyo Barrow. At every level, collection of revenue is tightly controlled and internally monitored and audited.

Al-Shabaab’s domestic revenue generation apparatus is more geographically diversified and systematic than that of the Federal Government or the federal member states. The Al-Shabaab checkpoint taxation system is applied consistently across southern and central Somalia, albeit with variations in rates across regions. Al-Shabaab delivers an accountable and predictable system of taxation, including the provision of receipts. In contrast to checkpoints controlled by Federal Government or federal member state forces, Al-Shabaab does not doubly tax drivers who have paid at another location. As a result, commercial drivers often prefer transiting via checkpoints controlled by Al-Shabaab, rather than federal or regional forces.

Al-Shabaab’s most lucrative checkpoint lies approximately 160 km north-west of Mogadishu on the road to Baidoa, at Jameeco in Bay region. A senior Al-Shabaab defector — who was in command of the Jameeco checkpoint until March 2018 reported that the checkpoint generated approximately $30,000 per day ($10 million annually).

On 30 March 2018, a joint AMISOM and Somali National Army operation in Afarirdod village in Hiran region resulted in the death of Al-Shabaab’s regional head of finance, Mohamed Nuur. Recovered from the scene were three ledgers, later obtained by the Monitoring Group, containing detailed accounts of Al-Shabaab’s revenue and expenses in Hiran region from October 2014 to March 2018.

The ledgers display a sophisticated accounting system whereby Al-Shabaab collects revenues and conducts internal transfers using cash (both United States dollars and Somali shillings), mobile money, hawala money transfer and possibly bank accounts. The EVC Plus mobile money service of Hormuud Telecom Somalia Inc. supports the efficient functioning of Al-Shabaab’s financial system, allowing the group to transfer a significant percentage of its funds to its financial hub in Middle Juba region without the need to physically transport the entire amount in cash across hostile territory.

 

[Pureblood]

The failed state of Somalia is the biggest joke in the world to the point where a terrorist group operating in the county is more fiscally and structurally competent than Somalia government

 

[Dhay Geel]

But, but, but I thought it was somaliland that is behind them.

 

[Shaolin23]

According to the Gaalo latest report on Somalia, the dam terrorists are smarter than the Federal and State Governments on every level of Governance.

https://www.hiiraan.com/pdf_files/2018/SEMG/SEMG Somalia report 2018.pdf


1. They have accountable competent organization.
2. No mooryaans stealing money anywhere in the organization.
3. They have check and balances.
4. Ability to infiltrate any department in the Federal Government.
5. Most advanced Intelligence organization in Africa.
6. Sophisticated non-corrupt Financial Institution.
7. Ability to manufacture explosive devices
8. Ability to construct their own electric Detonator.
9. Citizens purposely driving through Al Shabaab territory to avoid corrupt double charging Government check points.
10. Fearless fighters un-match by any other force on the ground.



Domestic Financing







Al-Shabaab’s taxation system

They’re winning because they are devoted to their twisted ideology and are willing to die for it simple as that other entities weather SFG or maamul gobaleed or qabiil groups that you support are not. The only group that have wiped out and defeated Al Sheydaan are Ahlu Sunnah wal Jamaa from Galgaduud because only they understand this fight is ideological and you have to be willing to die to defeat Al Sheydaan

 

[SomaliWadaniSoldier]

But, but, but I thought it was somaliland that is behind them.

Yet there is still water crisis in Hargeisa. Who needs Terrorists when ur people dies from thirst

 

[Pureblood]

Yet there is still water crisis in Hargeisa. Who needs Terrorists when ur people dies from thirst

Nobody dies from thirst in hargeisa and there is no water crisis. We get plenty of moisture from the punans of the comfort women you guys send to us

 

[Knet]

They’re winning because they are devoted to their twisted ideology and are willing to die for it simple as that other entities weather SFG or maamul gobaleed or qabiil groups that you support are not. The only group that have wiped out and defeated Al Sheydaan are Ahlu Sunnah wal Jamaa from Galgaduud because only they understand this fight is ideological and you have to be willing to die to defeat Al Sheydaan

You must admire and fully understand your enemy in order to defeat them. Don't see any Government in Somalia even with world help defeating a well organized Org like Al Shabaab. The Feds can't even collect taxes without 20-million getting stolen without a trace.

 

[Hassan Garguute Buldanana]

Yep, these terrorists aint corrupt, every penny collected is accounted for.

 

[Ras]

They're wining because the government is forced to fight them with light weapons.

Plenty of corrupt incompetent governments around the world.

However, if a terrorist group threatens them they'll just bring out the big guns.

 

[Shaolin23]

They're wining because the government is forced to fight them with light weapons.

Plenty of corrupt incompetent governments around the world.

However, if a terrorist group threatens them they'll just bring out the big guns.

Are you serious the size of guns have nothing to do with it this is unconventional war sxb if it was about firepower ISIS Al Qaeda and the Taliban wouldn’t be around today

 

[Farm]

South Somalia is permanently fucked, it’s best to just forget about it.

 

[Knet]

South Somalia is permanently fucked, it’s best to just forget about it.

They really are won't even visit there after seeing these hardcore facts.

 

[Pureblood]

Mogadishu is the worlds biggest open air Zoo

 

[Ras]

Are you serious the size of guns have nothing to do with it this is unconventional war sxb if it was about firepower ISIS Al Qaeda and the Taliban wouldn’t be around today

Apple's to oranges...

Those are fights between superpowers (US vs Russia).

If FgS had some decent heavy weapons; they could easily take over all the states and starve out Al Shabaab.

What's hit and run going to do for them when they can no longer replenish suicide attackers & fighters?

Who is going to bother to pay them taxes?

Big guns would change the playing field and they wouldn't last longer than a year even with foreign support.

FGS would also gain more support or at least other factions would give up and work with the gov.

 

[Dhay Geel]

Yet there is still water crisis in Hargeisa. Who needs Terrorists when ur people dies from thirst

No one dies from thirst in the capital city. Yes there is water shortage in some parts of the city, but the government is working on it.
Mogadishu got no electricity in a lot of its neighbourhood, parts of Nairobi have no water. But let me make it clear I’m from burco and there has never ever been water issues.

 

[Shaolin23]

Apple's to oranges...

Those are fights between superpowers (US vs Russia).

If FgS had some decent heavy weapons; they could easily take over all the states and starve out Al Shabaab.

What's hit and run going to do for them when they can no longer replenish suicide attackers & fighters?

Who is going to bother to pay them taxes?

Big guns would change the playing field and they wouldn't last longer than a year even with foreign support.

FGS would also gain more support or at least other factions would give up and work with the gov.

How is it apples to oranges please explain every insurgency and guerilla warfare is all the same don’t you know anti-Shabab forces control most major towns in the south Shabab has the outskirts and country side which is the most important prize one who controls the country side controls the country

 

[CangeeroBear]

Idealogical war is always interesting, the system is constantly improvised.

 

[Ras]

How is it apples to oranges please explain every insurgency and guerilla warfare is all the same don’t you know anti-Shabab forces control most major towns in the south Shabab has the outskirts and country side which is the most important prize one who controls the country side controls the country

Like i said. Heavy guns would starve AL Shabaab out the country side.

Currently, if the government wants to hold or take a location they have to do it with starving unpaid soldiers carrying just light weapons.

We don't have mountains in the south like Afghanistan and Syria.

If we had artillery we could hit them from miles away.

Even within towns we could still hit them with minimal collatoral damage to the town.

That would drastically change the game up.

At most they could hide in the bushes for a while or hold a town hostage.

Both aren't effective as FGS could use that time to build multiple military bases and finally defend them with heavy guns.

Guerrilla warfare isn't as effective when you have limited resources and places you could hide in.

However the most important part is that the government will start increasingly pick up authority in the country side....That's what's going finally kill them off.

 

[diaby]

Z oomalia will continue to be a joke as long as its "leaders" are corrupt weaklings protected by Madow bantus.

 

[Yaquub]

They’re winning because they are devoted to their twisted ideology and are willing to die for it simple as that other entities weather SFG or maamul gobaleed or qabiil groups that you support are not. The only group that have wiped out and defeated Al Sheydaan are Ahlu Sunnah wal Jamaa from Galgaduud because only they understand this fight is ideological and you have to be willing to die to defeat Al Sheydaan

They are cowards did they want to fight for Allah....then why not answer the booty call from their Arab brothers and fight in Syria so we can block flights from Arab countries. We also need a navy to monitor suspicious activities and a border patrol to catch Bantu suppliers.

Give me one term and i will defeat Al Shabaab! Unless the 68 iq theory is flawed i refused to believe uneducated extremists are this organised alone.